Pleased, proud as punch and excited to announce a military horror story of mine called Ragnarok will be published in an anthology book in December. SNAFU: Resurrection from Cohesion Press is available to pre-order now via the links below. The perfect Christmas gift for any truly twisted friend or family member!

https://cohesionpress.com/

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J9MJ3MW
AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07J9MJ3MW
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07J9MJ3MW
Can: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07J9MJ3MW

Congratulations! I read a lot of books. Love love books. In fact, I wish my English was better because books are really where my heart is. Just like with scripts too, I LOVE the shorts. Easy to read twenty pages in one sitting, so they are perfect for me. I will check it out.  

A hearty congrats from me too, Mark.

You must be thrilled, and deservedly so.

Big reader across the board here too. Can you tell us a bit more about your particular story? I went to one link and was hoping for a 'peek inside'. No such luck.  

Congrats.

Gabe

Nice!

Congratulations.
Where you contacted by the publishers or were you looking to publish?

Congrats Mark!

Well done. Hope it brings more good things your way.

Really good news!

So much success from SS.

I think Don should start a hall of fame.

Quoted from LC A hearty congrats from me too, Mark. You must be thrilled, and deservedly so. Big reader across the board here too. Can you tell us a bit more about your particular story? I went to one link and was hoping for a 'peek inside'. No such luck.

Back at the turn of the century (before I even read a screenplay, never mind considered writing one), I used to write short stories. As the world was about to end via the Y2K bug, I slipped into an Edgar Allen Poe Cthulhu Mythos inspired phase and attempted to write a modern day version. Featuring a special forces unit sent into an old mansion after several police officers go missing, Ragnarok was my take on a supernatural extinction event. Well, the beginning of the end anyway.

It stayed on my PC for years. I have occasionally submitted it, but it was always rejected. Then, about a year ago I saw a publisher requesting military horror submissions. I dug Ragnarok out, screamed at how horrible it was (both in how it was written and how dated it had become) gave it a re-write and sent it off. Didn’t hear anything for months, then got asked for some format fixes as I failed to read the submission rules properly. I figured I’d messed up my chances by this mistake, but re-submitted anyway and forgot about it. A week ago they got in touch, said it had been accepted and gave me a contract to sign.

Congratulations. And great story about how it came about

Just goes to show that us writers should keep everything, no matter how good, bad or ugly.

Never know when it will pay off

Indeed. No writing is ever wasted. So don't trash anything!

Quoted from MarkRenshaw Back at the turn of the century (before I even read a screenplay, never mind considered writing one), I used to write short stories. As the world was about to end via the Y2K bug, I slipped into an Edgar Allen Poe Cthulhu Mythos inspired phase and attempted to write a modern day version. Featuring a special forces unit sent into an old mansion after several police officers go missing, Ragnarok was my take on a supernatural extinction event. Well, the beginning of the end anyway. It stayed on my PC for years. I have occasionally submitted it, but it was always rejected. Then, about a year ago I saw a publisher requesting military horror submissions. I dug Ragnarok out, screamed at how horrible it was (both in how it was written and how dated it had become) gave it a re-write and sent it off. Didn’t hear anything for months, then got asked for some format fixes as I failed to read the submission rules properly. I figured I’d messed up my chances by this mistake, but re-submitted anyway and forgot about it. A week ago they got in touch, said it had been accepted and gave me a contract to sign.

Thanks for sharing, Mark. It just reinforces my thinking that everything you write comes out well.
I have to make sure I don't loose it to read it someday.
Congrats. And happy writing!

Awesome news, Mark. Congrats!

Released today! - Final plug!

Do you like your horror stories action-heavy and themed around the military? Of course you do! Well, released today is an anthology of such tales called SNAFU: Resurrection published by Cohesion Press. It includes stories by some famous authors, plus one by me called Ragnarok!

US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J9MJ3MW
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/SNAFU-Resurrection-Di…/…/B07J9MJ3MW

Also available in every other Amazon worldwide.